HIV-associated Neurocognitive Disorders and Antiretroviral Therapy: Current Concepts and Controversies

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Etherton, Mark R ^a,b   Lyons, Jennifer L ^a,b   Ard, Kevin L ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral toxicity; CNS penetration effectiveness; CSF escape encephalitis; HIV dementia; HIV associated neurocognitive disorder

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HIV ASSOCIATED DEMENTIA; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84928817597     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: 15343146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-015-0485-6     Document Type: Review

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